TheSpunker - by Ben Popken. Published by Gattaca, Inc.

Apple Announces forthcoming Apple Announcement

Is it the video Ipod someone of us all await? Macworld: "Apple Computer will hold a special event in San Jose next week...Those familiar with Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote speeches will instantly recognize the use of Jobs’ “One more thing” catchphrase, which is often used to indicate a blockbuster announcement." I actually  hope it's for the Apple I-Fart. Capsule-shaped, burnt sienna in color, the Apple I-Fart allows you download up to 10 gigs of the flatulence YOU want to hear. Boasts integrated, albeit, modified, Smell-o-Vision components. Instantly synchronize with your computer's I-Poons player. The Apple I-Fart: Toot your own horn.

UPDATE: WSJ reports the V-pod is most likely true. Additionally, the I-tunes store will sell downloadable music videos, giving the flagging medium a much-needed bone-marrow transplant. 

Ecards Rock Hard

Here's a feisty roundup of recent indie music e-cards. All contain hot new electronically infused discopunk. As this tech gets cheaper and easier to use, tasty online media from the underground becomes the norm. Utopia arises. The sun grins, day and night.
Mommy and Daddy & bonus video.
My Robot Friend - a rediculous ode to Kenny G done in the "All Your Base are Belong to Us" vein.
Annie (stick around for the second track, it rocks)
Princess Superstar.

Pretty Picture

Sweet flyer for Ellen Allien, DJ and producer extraordinaire and el presidente of the B-Pitch Control label in Berlin Germany. Ms. Allien infuses her glitchy organic electro sound with a humanism and intelligence that stands apart from the zero-sum game played by some of the genre's proponents.

Honda goes Bhangra

Honda has a new TV ad for the Honda Civic Si, with an abridged version of "Galang" by M.I.A in the soundtrack. This is funny because 1) M.I.A. has veneer of underground cred 2) The full song mentions BMW.

HipHop Nears State of Total Co-option

Wack. A How-To on hiphopifying your corporate imagery reads:

"Your best bets on search terms for hiphop imagery: DJ, turntables, records, graffiti, brick walls, big and flashy gold jewelry (aka bling), skateboarding, and torn edges. Think attitude, city, youth, style, music, and rap lyrics— anything real or tough to get your message across."
[emphasis added]

The misguided guide also offers a suggested color palette for design tasks like  urbanizing your annual reports.

Funk dat!

George Bush still don kur bout Black People

(via BoingBoing) A remix of Kanye West's new single, "Gold Digger," circulating the internet features Kanye's infamous quote and lyrics eviscerating the Bush response to Katrina:

    "Five days in this motherfucking attic
    I can't use the cellphone I keep getting  static"

   "Swam to the store, tryin' to look for food
    Corner store's kinda flooded so I broke my way through
    Got what I could but before I got through
    News say the police shot a black man trying to loot"

Link to "George Bush Don't Care about Black People" MP3 (8.7MB) remix by The Legendary K.O.

Put it on your Harry Potter ipod today!

I prefer this Bush response to Katrina: (as posted by Flickrer ioerror):

Go Kanye West, Young Man

A strong contender for University of Colorado - Boulder's faculty lounge wall this fall.

Kanye West eschewed the teleprompter during NBC's "A Concert for Hurricane Relief" Friday saying, "George Bush doesn't care about black people," and now you can be the proud owner of a t-shirt bearing the slogan, available at Moe Wampum. Original video of Kanye's off-the-cuff comments here in Quicktime and WMV. They pretty much go as follows:

"I hate the way they portray us in the media.  "If you see a black family it says they are looting if you see a white family it says they are looking for food.

"We already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war now fighting another way and they’ve given them permission to go down and shoot us."

"George Bush doesn't care about black people."

In a related story, this morning on the way to the laundry sat a pile of misshapen poo by the curb in which perched a little yellow sign on a wire and on the little yellow sign was a picture of George Bush. Hopefully it's still there when I get back home so I can put up a picture. Perhaps I should contact Moe Wampum and see if they want to make it a t-shirt?